A Day in the Life of an Information Security InvestigatorInterested in information security? Like a good mystery? Addicted to shows like CSI? Want to see real-life challenges posed to an investigator with over 18 years of experience? You'll find the entire casefile library here for your reading pleasure. Not only are the educational and entertaining, but highly addictive. You've been warned!

Case by Case: Insights into the World of Enterprise ModelingIf you ever wished you could cut through the hype of graphical modelling tools and techniques, then you need to start reading this blog ASAP. Just like you, I’m fed-up with tool vendors and their empty promises. Here you’ll find realistic information and practical evaluations of the tools and techniques flooding the market. And if you look closely, you might find some philosophical insights as well.

CRM ProcessThere are probably 100 CRM systems out there. Most are little used and have failed implementations. What users need is not typically 360 degree view of the customer (other than a few marketing analysts) but a process that helps them generate more business through marketing, telemarketing and sales activity. This blog discusses that topic.

Future StatesMy mission has been to "inject transparency and simplicity into how projects are defined, approved and delivered." Why? Transparency cures many forms of confusion. Simplicity makes the cure accessible to as many people as possible. Projects function as building blocks of the future. This blog is a discussion of the ideas and observations that infuse that mission.
Future States by Demian Entrekin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.Based on a work at it.toolbox.com.

Knowledge Management - BI vs. CIIn this article I try to describe what the difference between BI and CI is, and how both is essential in modern organizations to survive in today’s competitive environment.

Light Enterprise Architecture (LEA)Instead of considering EA as the effort to "Architect the Enterprise" which is not only ambiguos but aslo requires significant time and resources, the Light Enterprise Architecture takes a light approach to define EA as a paradigm shift to architect from "Stovepipe" to "Enterprise" thinking. The word of "Enterprsie" means "holistic" rather than "The Business Organization".
LEA support enterprise strategic planning and close the gap between strategy planing and execution. LEA suggest to achieve this goal via the power of collaboration, knowledge managment, Master planing, Agility and Change management. It is something which can not be achieved by architecting the "Enterprse Blueprint".
It is a paradigm shift from stovepipe system. EA is a total participation effort rather than a command and control appraoch. EA professional serve the the facilator to close the gap between business strategy and execution rather than a "Guru" to know every thing. LEA is not only about architecture and engineering design, it is also requires political skill for total participation. It not only serve large organizations but even more important for small organizations. EA is an emerging paradigm rather than an enterprise scale solution architecture.